Israel's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday Israel should launch its own Gaza investigation to counter the accusations of war crimes in Gaza last December, raised by the UN's recent Goldstone report.
The UN Security Council met on Wednesday to discuss a report that accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during the conflict in Gaza last year amid fierce objections from Israel, which claims the report is biased against the Jewish state.
The United Nations Security Council has agreed to discuss the Goldstone report, which accused Israel and Palestinian armed groups of committing war crimes during the Gaza offensive, next week during an emergency meeting.
Libya has asked the UN Security Council to discuss the controversial Goldstone report, which details Israeli and Hamas war crimes during the Gaza offensive, but is more critical of Israel. UN endorsement of the report has been delayed.
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of Ramallah to express anger over the decision of the Palestinian Authority to support a delay in the endorsement of a UN report on possible Israeli war crimes committed during the Gaza offensive.
Israel has rejected the findings of a UN fact-finding probe into the offensive launched on the Gaza Strip last December. The report pointed to evidence of war crimes committed by both the Israeli army and Palestinian militants.
Israel has rejected the findings of a UN fact-finding probe into the offensive launched on the Gaza Strip last December. The report pointed to evidence of war crimes committed by both the Israeli army and Palestinian militants.
Most of victims in the Gaza war were Palestinian civilians, an Israeli human rights group reported on Wednesday, contradicting earlier Israeli military reports claiming that the victims of the 22-day offensive operation were mainly militants.
